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Chartists can improve their odds by focusing on stocks that are in long-term uptrends and showing upside leadership. This is similar to a dual-momentum approach, which was covered last week. Today’s example will use the 40-week SMA to define the trend, a 52-week high to confirm upside leadership and a classic bullish continuation pattern for timing.

The chart below shows weekly candlesticks with the 40-week SMA (red line). For starters, IDXX is in a long-term uptrend because it is well above its 40-week SMA, which is equivalent to the 200-day SMA. This stock also shows leadership because it is trading near a 52-week high. The dashed red line shows the January 2022 high with IDXX exceeding this level three weeks ago. The stock closed strong last week and remains near a 52-week high. This first step, uptrend and leadership, is how we approach trading at TrendInvestorPro.

A bullish continuation pattern formed over the last seven months with IDXX breaking out this month. The blue lines mark a cup-with-handle pattern, which was popularized by William O’Neil of IBD. The cup formed in the second half of 2022 and the handle formed in 2024. This handle is a consolidation after the sharp advance from early November to mid December. Rim resistance is set using the pattern highs (red line). IDXX broke out of this pattern with a surge three weeks ago and is back above with a nice gain this past week. This breakout signals a continuation of the bigger uptrend. I would re-evaluate on a close below the 200-day SMA.

The indicator window shows Percent above MA (1,40,1), which measures the percentage difference between the close and the 40-week SMA. For reference, IDXX is currently 16.42% above its 40-week SMA. Note that this indicator is part of the TrendInvestorPro Indicator Edge Plugin for StockCharts ACP.

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